On the Agenda

ByNICK GERDA |September 3, 2013

Topping this week’s actions in local government, the Anaheim City Council is set to vote on a key provision in the city’s stadium lease with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and La Palma considers digital billboards, which have sparked controversy in Placentia.

Anaheim council members are set to vote Tuesday on the new negotiating points, which allow the team to drop “Anaheim” from its name altogether.

As Voice of OC reported on Friday, the deal will likely bring back sour memories for Orange County residents who felt duped when Angels owner Arte Moreno added “Los Angeles” to the brand.

Beyond full naming rights over the team, franchise owners would also receive a 66-year lease of the stadium land, including a 50-acre parcel called the Stadium District, for $1 per year.

Under that arrangement, the city would be freed from spending about $600,000 annually for stadium upkeep, according to a staff report.

The land lease outline being considered next week could allow team owners to keep all tax revenue, such as hotel room taxes and sales tax generated from developing the area.

The land around Angel Stadium is estimated to be worth $300 million.

And in La Palma, City Council members will decide on Tuesday whether to approve a contract with La Palma Sign Partners to “cover City expenses associated with advancing the concept of digital billboards in the City.”

That firm apparently isn’t fully formed yet, with the city’s agenda stating that the city manager would “execute the agreement once the formation of La Palma Sign Partners, LLC is completed.”

It vote come on the heels of a recent digital billboard controversy in Placentia, where angry residents forced council members to back down from plans to erect five electronic billboards next to homes along Route 57.

Those residents were mainly upset because plans for the billboards, one of which would go up in a residential cul-de-sac and another next to a children’s playground in a park, were seemingly being pushed through with little community discussion.

Approving a deposit-reimbursement contract with La Palma Sign Partners to cover city expenses associated with advancing the concept of digital billboards within the city and authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement once the formation of La Palma Sign Partners is completed.

Discussion of designating the Development Committee as the city’s Planning Commission.

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